Archive - 21 November 2012

Its Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr tells ABC radio that the Malaysian general election was for the Malaysian people.

Agriculture minister also questions the state government's action of announcing the bridge project only now and not in the early days of its administration.

The High Court in Kuantan today was informed that several items, including panties, bra, a pair of sandals, long pants and snowcap, were among the 40 items which were identified as case exhibits by the 13th prosecution witness in the murder case of French tourist, Stephanie Foray in Pulau Tioman last year.

UPDATED 8.45PM The KL mayor says Dataran is undergoing renovation and seeks the NGO's understanding.

UPDATED 8.05PM The minister in the PM’s Dept says this is not the case as corruption is a cross-border matter and that MACC works ‘very closely’ with ICAC.

UPDATED 7.55PM 'Umno is the people. Umno represents 400,000 people in Selangor and these people pay taxes,' says state info chief.

UPDATED 6.20PM The Star's CEO and executive director Ho Kay Tat has resigned and is to return to his home turf, The Edge.

So says Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer to the Sessions Court judge, who will deliver his ruling on the prosecution’s preliminary objection on Jan 4.

According to Kulim Assistant Religious Administrative officer Azmi Ahmad, the girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend would be married next month.

The DAP assemblyperson finds himself in the eye of the storm for defying orders not to go to the US during the last state assembly sitting.

UPDATED 6.30PM The group will reach the Gombak toll plaza of the Karak Highway on Saturday at 2pm, and will be welcomed by NGOs and activists.

'Lajim has left us to set up an organisation whose name I cannot even remember. No point crying over this. Let him go,' says Muhyiddin.

UPDATED 8.30PM PARLIAMENT Bung Mokhtar Radin labels the AirAsia founder a 'scoundrel' and lambasts him for the airline's criticism of KLIA2.

UPDATED 5.25PM PARLIAMENT There were repeated interruptions to the winding-up of the ministry's budget debates.

Bruno Manser Fund warns of massive cultural genocide and environmental damage and urges foreign firms to stay off the dams.

UPDATED 8.55PM PARLIAMENT Kong Cho Ha explains that the AES contractors are required to prepare enforcement vehicles for the use of the RTD.

UPDATED 6.40PM PARLIAMENT The back-up system at the control centre did not kick in after a power trip last September.

The Indonesian Employers Association has warned that a 44pct increase in the Jakarta minimum wage might force companies to lay-off staff.

Chee Soon Juan was declared bankrupt in 2006 after failing to pay his debts to former prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.

UPDATED 8.35PM This is the message thrown by Azmin Ali to Agriculture Minister Noh Omar for his ‘wild allegations' on PKNS.

Zakaria Md Lazim, 54, of SK Tandop Besar, Kuala Nerang, near Alor Setar, claimed trial after the charges were read out to him.

PAS sec-gen Mustafa Ali clarifies that it is not the party’s official stance to endorse Abdul Hadi as Pakatan’s next PM.

The mother of R Kumarajah says the authorities did not inform her that her son was sick while in jail but only 24 hours after he died.

MP SPEAKS The minister seems clueless on how to improve the police force, especially after the rape of the Indonesian maid.

‘What (was alleged to have taken place) is like bribery. One cannot offer cash just like that,’ says Puad Zarkashi.

UPDATED 6.16PM Speaking to reporters at Parliament, he says this is because there appears to be no consensus on important matters.

A rape victim's dad is elated after his daughter's attacker is given a heavier sentence by the High Court, which set aside the previous good behaviour bond.

Shamsuddin Alik and Mohd Sarail Osman were arrested in Tawau in 2011 for terrorism, with another 27 remaining incarcerated.

The number of evacuees in flood relief centres in Selangor and Malacca dropped to 193 people this morning from 458 last night.

The duo had tried to address the media about a signature campaign to stop the forced removal of burial sites of their ancestors.

The minister deceived the House, saying ICAC informed Malaysia the RM40mil was a donation for Umno, says Rafizi Ramli.

UPDATED 1.43PM DAP's disciplinary committee will take further action against Koay Teng Hai, who failed to attend a state assembly sitting.

Wong King Wei had posed a supplementary question over Islamic teaching in Kemas pre-schools in Sarawak.

Can anyone be sane in BN's Malaysia?

The BN should heed the warning call by Fitch Ratings to prevent M'sians from enduring another Greek tragedy, warns Tony Pua.

DAY 8 - BENTONG The protesters will not march to Parliament but wait for the MPs at Dataran Merdeka, says Wong Tack.

The Penang gov't vows to be inclusive and not marginalise students with special abilities as they have much to contribute to the nation.

COMMENT The only future for Malaysia is our multiculturalism and the co-existence of religions under universal values of justice and equality.

FREE YOURSAY 'The condo should proceed and a giant-sized billboard with the faces of the BN councillors who approved it...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Since when did the chief secretary to the Umno government act so fast to fulfill a request by a Pakatan menteri besar?'

FREE YOURSAY ‘We may as well have no election as Barisan Nasional has the policy of ‘I win you lose, you win also you lose'.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘The CJ is not helpless - he can use the powers he has left in his office to encourage the PM to follow the constitution.'